I'm lost, why should I continue after finding Shaun?

[MeyerX]

I messed around all across the map and reached Lvl 67.
And finally went to the institute to find the lost son.

Ok, found him. He gives me tasks like the other factions.

Now I'm lost in the story (is there any story?).


Why should I continue from here (in whichever direction)? There doesn't seem to be a goal anymore after I found my son. Why should I care for any of the factions to continue their selfish doings?

Did I somehow miss the announcement of the final goal - whatever it might be?

(non-native english so I might indeed have missed something)

Thanks

[Monsoon]

Then don't do anything else. That character's done then I guess.

Make a new character that gets ENRAGED when he founds out the truth and SNAPS and wipes out the institute. Make him choose sarcastic for every choice, and be silly, but make sure that the character LOSES it at the point in the story.

After that maybe do a character that really likes the Brotherhood ideology, but is also secretly a synth or something.

You have to use your imagination and act how your character would feel, not you sitting at the keyboard.

[Zekiran]

There is an "end game", to support one faction over the others, of course. And each of the factions has their own slightly different ending. You are still "before" the specific point that you must decide who to support, in the game.

If you have the DLC, Far Harbor and Nuka World and V88 and the Mechanist are all fun stories, some much longer than others, and you don't have to have finished the main story to do them at all.

[Ihateeverybody]

OP:

So you were just good with the Institute taking your son and killing your spouse? Nothing needs done there? Nothing needs doing with your Son releasing you into the wasteland to "See what happens".

Lets say you are the forgiving sort. What do you do now? Start with What do you want? What is possible? What needs doing?

[MeyerX]

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

OP:

So you were just good with the Institute taking your son and killing your spouse? Nothing needs done there?

Hm, I learned that my son IS the Institutes Head. But dragging him out and destroying the rest seems not an available option?

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

OP:
Lets say you are the forgiving sort. What do you do now? Start with What do you want? What is possible? What needs doing?

Originally posted by Zekiran:

There is an "end game", to support one faction over the others, of course.

I want: unite all factions to work together and rebuild the land. Sadly, that seems not possible.

Originally posted by Zekiran:

If you have the DLC, Far Harbor and Nuka World and V88 and the Mechanist are all fun stories, some much longer than others, and you don't have to have finished the main story to do them at all.

Done all besides Nuka World.

Originally posted by Monsoon:

Then don't do anything else. That character's done then I guess.

Make a new character that gets ENRAGED when he founds out the truth and SNAPS and wipes out the institute. Make him choose sarcastic for every choice, and be silly, but make sure that the character LOSES it at the point in the story.

LOL, but I would probably fall back into my usual play style and run the same game again


Thanks for your suggestions.

I might take a look at Nuka World and then start a new game. A completely different game, BG3 is around the corner ;-)

[ZERBI-XCVII]

Use the mod "FallComplete" and find/discover/complete everything .

[Sephrajin]

Rp..
As a parent its still your job to make the world save... for your synth child..

[The Inept European]

OP, excellent observation about the flaccid lameness of the story.
The writers were high when they came up with the main story arc.
They expect you to follow your nose along their trail of breadcrumbs "because game".

[-={LG}=-]

The storylines in Fallout 4 are irredeemably bad. Since killing my own son would never be an option in the context supplied, I take over the Institute by cooperating with Shaun and his questline, and presumably use all that knowledge and power to forge a great renewal for humanity. Which is what I would actually do if I were actually some heroic person in a real world scenario.

You kick the division the Brotherhood sent in back to where they came from, sending a message to them not to interfere again in the Commonwealth. Then you wipe out the lunatics from the Railroad.

All without resorting yet again to nuclear destruction, which is unavoidable with any of the other factions. In the final analysis, the most moral option given the limp storylines available is the Institute, by my reckoning.

[The Inept European]

Originally posted by -={LG}=-:

The storylines in Fallout 4 are irredeemably bad. Since killing my own son would never be an option in the context supplied, I take over the Institute by cooperating with Shaun and his questline, and presumably use all that knowledge and power to forge a great renewal for humanity. Which is what I would actually do if I were actually some heroic person in a real world scenario.

You kick the division the Brotherhood sent in back to where they came from, sending a message to them not to interfere again in the Commonwealth. Then you wipe out the lunatics from the Railroad.

All without resorting yet again to nuclear destruction, which is unavoidable with any of the other factions. In the final analysis, the most moral option given the limp storylines available is the Institute, by my reckoning.

Well I pretty much hate the Institute - they are slave state run on terror - but I can't argue with your moral reasoning.
The game strongly hints that we will be unable to change anything as leader of the Institute (or any other faction for that matter). But I think we have to cling to that hope to make any moral sense of any of the endings.

[DouglasGrave]

Storywise, the game expects you to transition from searching for your son to resolving the dispute between the factions one way or another. I guess if you're still focused on Shaun, it's a question of whether you'll defend his life's work with the Institute or destroy it.

A major part of the late-game conflict also revolves around synths, and whether you think they should be destroyed, freed, or employed, depending on exactly what you think of them. Are they a threat, artificial people who deserve life and liberty, or just very good AI imitations?

[papajack_papajohn]

Keep playing, there's always stuff to build if you put any mods on that allows you to build anywhere or unlimited. That's what I do.

[Zes]

Finding Shaun is your initial motivaiton, it wears thin even very before you find him. You find yourself collecting every junk after a while, you build settlements, make money, make slaves.. runa brothel etc..

[-={LG}=-]

Originally posted by The Inept European:

they are slave state run on terror

Assuming you buy into the proposition that it's possible to enslave a robot you created yourself. I don't buy that premise, it's all just part of the shoddy storytelling.

The Railroad "liberates" them by effectively full frontal lobotomy and expects us to believe they actually want that. More shoddy storytelling and the reason I delight in wiping them out.

I also can't accept that the leader of an organization has no control over its direction. Especially considering that I could wipe out every living thing in the entire site solo without making a dent in my ammunition supply. The Institute will do what I want it to do.

[Solomon Hawk]

Originally posted by Monsoon:

Then don't do anything else. That character's done then I guess.

Make a new character that gets ENRAGED when he founds out the truth and SNAPS and wipes out the institute. Make him choose sarcastic for every choice, and be silly, but make sure that the character LOSES it at the point in the story.

After that maybe do a character that really likes the Brotherhood ideology, but is also secretly a synth or something.

You have to use your imagination and act how your character would feel, not you sitting at the keyboard.

Why wait to become deranged?
After witnessing the beginning of the end of the world and the murder of your spouse along with the abduction of your son .. only to find out that you've been on ice over 200 years.

I think almost any sane person might take a dive off the deep end.
Grab the Grognac costume along with his ax.
Get unhinged and turn into a ravenous cannibal.
Make 'em all pay!

[TheJebblue]

That's what I like about Fallout 4, do what you like, it's truly open, unlike games like Metro Exodus which claim to be open. This one is good. I tried New Vegas, got through it but didn't like it. Unfortunately, this game is owned by Microsoft now so I won't be continuing in the FO series.